resentful Definition
re·sent·ful (-fəl)
adjective
feeling or showing resentment
resentful Related Forms
re·sent′·fully adverb
re·sent′·ful·ness noun
resentful Usage Examples
Preposition: of
fact: The finance side to furthering my studies has been a major barrier and I am very resentful of that fact.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
make: The so-called ' peace ' treaty made many people resentful.
Modifying Another Word
- deeply: She became deeply resentful of a regime which she perceived " found us to be problem people " " .
- increasingly: The smaller countries are increasingly resentful of attempts by the larger ones to set the agenda.
- very: You may be very angry with your son and he may be very resentful of your efforts to limit his behavior.
- so: Question the documents: Why were black soldiers so resentful?
- not: The news had come in August, but he'd not been held back by the news and was not resentful.
- slightly: A few of those who were unsuccessful were slightly resentful of the eight who took over a plot.
Used with adjective complement
- feel: I can also remember never feeling resentful of the time she occupied in my parents ' minds.
- seem: She seemed resentful of me because I wasn't disabled.
- become: Can God mess up your plans without you becoming resentful?
- get: They really do seem to get quite resentful of boats going by.
- grow: Sian Jenkins works full-time as a ward domestic at Morriston hospital, Swansea, but is growing resentful of the inequality in the system.
Modifies a noun
- son: The demobbed stranger returned to resentful sons and the awkward tango of married life.
- attitude: I give them what they ask for but it has been with a slightly resentful attitude.
- population: As a result, the Khmer Rouge recruited many more members from a bitter and resentful population.
- person: Just imagine someone asking: is he or she an angry, hating or resentful person?
- silence: For three more days the magician just glowers at him, not saying a word - bitter, hushed, resentful, silence.
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